I believe a newbie had to study and research on either becoming a trader based on technical or fundamental analysis combining those analysis at a go might spell doom and become complicated and complex to achieve.
Some forex traders are more knowledgeable in trading fundamentals whenever there is an impact news related to the currency pair to be traded that is when they trade based on increase in the momentum and volatility of the said pair, while some are more of technically based traders who relies on Price action using various charting analysis in aiding their trading decisions while paying attention to any fundamental news that may rubbish or jeopardize their analysis which might result into a massive losses.
Technical analysis is very important for any newbie in making profits consistently although it requires a researching by reading many trading journals, pdfs and watching many videos.